"My cousin was a great guy," Marcus Thomas said Monday. "We grew up in North Memphis, and he drummed in a band and everyone in our neighborhood and our community loved him. He was a person who helped others. People looked up to him. He was my mentor growing up. He was a guy you could ask for the shirt off his back and he’d give it to you. He wouldn't ask no questions."

Henderson, was shot in the head outside IPS Corporation, a manufacturer of plumbing and roofing products. Officers responded at 8:17 p.m. to the shooting at 202 Industrial Park Lane. Henderson had been in his car during a lunch break, said Lt. David Townsend.

A former employee, 21-year-old Termaine York, of Moscow, Tennessee, has been charged with first-degree murder in the case, according to police.

"It's very sad and tragic because Bruce was one of the guys that survived all the things growing up in the hood that we go through," Thomas said. "He survived all of that to be killed at work during his lunch break. It's tragic and sad and it makes you angry. He was a mentor, just a real inspiration for love and hope on our street growing up. He's my older cousin. Just sad. Shouldn't end like this."

Henderson's daughter, Tekesha Henderson, 26, described him as a goodhearted father to three boys and three girls.

"He just liked to hang out with his family," she said. "A laid back kind of guy. He is my dad no matter what. I hate that this happened to him and the way it happened."